genre and characteristic rhymes

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I was thinking earlier that there are some rhymes that are very characteristic of certain genres, pairs of words that strongly suggest, or even completely give away, the genre the song belongs in. The most obvious example is reggae - baldhead/dread is the most extreme example possible, I suspect, but it was hearing the less obvious chalice/palace earlier today that inspired this line of thought.

So suggest some others. Charms/arms is surely '50s crooning/doowop. I've heard fly/sky very often in happy hardcore. Country is very lyrically inventive, and train/rain is the best I could come up with there - but that could almost as easily be blues.

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 1 November 2004 23:03 (nineteen years ago) link

"books"/"looks" - Belle & Sebastian-style twee

Clusterfuck at the Baja Fresh Salsa Bar (Ben Boyer), Monday, 1 November 2004 23:06 (nineteen years ago) link

dragon/faggin'--symphonic neoprogmetal

toothy philanthopist, Monday, 1 November 2004 23:31 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm just going to throw "bodice/goddess" out there and let somebody else come up with the genre(s)...

the apex of nadirs (Rock Hardy), Monday, 1 November 2004 23:42 (nineteen years ago) link


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